Here are many of the Topeka,
Kansas Christmas light displays worth going out of your way to see. Click
on the photos for larger images or links to pages devoted to the displays.
All
locations listed on the tour were verified as up as of December 7, 2014.

A map
outlining a tour of all of these holiday displays is at the bottom of this
page.

Special thanks go to
my support team (Dean, Dottie, Lyle, Mary and Linda) who have navigated,
drove, and otherwise assisted in the Topeka Christmas Display tour in various
combinations for seven years. It is good having native guides and they
make scouting the tour much more fun.

Topeka
Kansas Christmas Light Displays

Snowy
Holiday Display

This Snowy Holiday
Display on North Kansas Avenue was new to the tour in 2013. This display
seems to be all about winter, with icicles, white trees and many snowmen.
Only one of the snowmen are lighted, but the others show up in the street
light from Kansas Avenue. There is another nice display nearby.

Cannock
Chase Road Christmas DisplaysThere is a block of
nice Christmas light displays along Cannock Chase leading north
from 29th Street. Two of them in particular really stand out, including
the one above which is one of the first homes you see on the left side
at 2819 SW Cannock Chase Road.

If you can tell me
more about this Christmas light display, please email
the details.

K.
2819
SW
Cannock Chase, Topeka, Kansas 66614

Kingman
Christmas VillageMust
See!

For over 20 years, the
Kenny
and Virginia Kingman Christmas Display has grown until nearly 30,000
lights fill their large north Topeka yard. It takes most of a month to
set up the many cutout figures and buildings which populate the fictional
town of "Nowheresville." This is one of the most impressive holiday displays
that I have seen anywhere. Be sure drive around the alley behind the house
to see more of the decorations. There are nice smaller displays in the
two blocks north of this one.

B.
1935
NW Polk Street, Topeka, Kansas 66608

Staffordshire
Road Christmas Displays
At one time, three homes in a row formed a major Christmas Light Displays
in the 3000 block of Staffordshire on the southwest side of Topeka. For
2014, it is mostly two, with part of one of the display stretching into
the next yard. There is a lot to see. Either of these displays would be
worthy of inclusion on this holiday light tour on its own.

The display at 3032
is produced by Pam and Terry Fleck.

L.
3032
SW Staffordshire Road, Topeka, Kansas 66614

Walker
Family Christmas Display

We stumbled across the
Walker
Family Christmas Display during our retracing of the 2010 tour. The
original display includes many cut out cartoonish figures and all of the
raindeer. The keeps it from showing well in this image but it is quite
impressive.

This display at the corner
of 29th Street and Moundview Drive is a little small to be included
on this tour, but the tour passes right past the home during a long stretch
without other featured Christmas displays. It is quite attractive.

If you can tell us
more about this Christmas light display, please email
the details.

M.
2900
SW Moundview Drive, Topeka, Kansas 66614

Stang
Family NativityThis large Stang
Family Nativity display at the corner of Eugene & Grant was handmade
and painted by family members Joyce and Dennis Kroll and Tanner Kuhn. We
have never seen its like before. It was discovered while verifying other
light displays and was new to the Topeka tour in 2013 when this photo was
taken. It is much the same in 2014.

D.1293
NW Eugene Street, Topeka, Kansas 66608

30th
& Virginia Avenue Holiday Display

The intersection of 20th
& Virginia Avenue has been the site of outstanding Christmas
displays for many years. The house just north of this one has had spectacular
displays in the past, but did not have one when checked this year. This
home stepped up their game in 2011 and were added to the tour on its own.
The display includes flashing lights coordinated with music. There is another
nice Christmas display, which includes an Eiffel Tower, just two doors
east at 1023 SE 30th Street.

N.
2953
SE Virginia Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66605

Topeka
Bible Church Light Show
The Topeka Bible Church Annual Drive-In Christmas Light Show tells
the Christmas story with a sound and light show which is viewed from parked
cars. On December 19, 20, 21, 2014 they will
do performances every hour on the hour at 6, 7, 8 & 9PM with live musicians
in the building's windows (see photo above). December 22 - January 1 they
use recorded music from dusk until midnight. The 2010 show was the world
premier of Kansas Christmas by Kerry Livgren of the rock band Kansas.

E.
1135 SW College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66604

California
Avenue Christmas Light Display
This California Avenue Christmas display is on a huge lot at the
northwest corner of California and SE 36th Street. The sprawling display
continues around to the back of the home. As of 2014, the display is much
smaller than it was in this photo from 2009. It is no longer quite large
enough to be included in this tour, but there are also 5 other displays
along California Avenue which are nearly as large.

O.
3527
SE California Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66605

Potwin
PlaceMust
See!The Potwin Place
Neighborhood Christmas Display is the most visited stop on our tour
of Topeka holiday lights. The national historic district has 6 blocks of
well decorated, beautiful old homes, plus theme displays on the small roundabouts
at each intersection. Start the tour on Woodland, from 4th Street. The
2014 theme is Charles Dickens Christmas and it will be up until January
3, 2015.

Many of the homes in the
Southboro
Subdivision use the same white light roping that you see here. In some
blocks, nearly every home has the white lights and it provides very attractive
panoramas. This listing is for much of the subdivision north of the intersection
of 45th and California Avenues.

If you can tell us
more about this Christmas light display and who is responsible, please
email
the details.

P.
4211 SE Wisconsin Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66605

Warren
Avenue Christmas DisplayThis Christmas Display
on Warren Avenue is just a few houses south of SW 6th Street and
about a half mile east of Gage Boulevard. This picture is from 2008 but
the display is similar in size and style in 2014.

If you can tell me
more about this Christmas light display, please email
the details.

G.
609
Warren Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66606

Winter
Wonderland XVII

2014 is the 17th year
for Winter Wonderland, a fundraiser for TARC. Located in the
Lake Shawnee Campground, Winter Wonderland XII runs from 6 - 10 PM
each night from November 26 until December 31, 2014. Admission is
$10 per car, $20 for Commercial vehicles or small buses, $30 for buses.

Seabrook
Avenue Christmas DisplaysSeabrook Avenue
has two interesting, modest light displays only a couple of houses apart,
on opposite sides of the street. The 1733 Seabrook display has a large
"Peace, Love & Apple Sauce" in white lights, while 1746 Seabrook has
a attractive, classic Christmas light display.

The 1733 display is
by Danny and Shara Monhollon.

H.
1733
& 1746 SW Seabrook Ave, Topeka, Kansas 66604

Powell
Family Christmas Display
William & Elaine Powell
have repeatedly won prizes for their Christmas displays. The Powells' Christmas
display has been smaller in 2011 & 2012, but it is still one of the
nicest displays in Topeka. From SE 29th Street, turn north on Aquarius.
Leo is on the right.

The Powells also do
a large display for Halloween.

R.
2326
SE Leo Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66605

Staniec
Holiday Light Display

The Staniec Holiday
Light Display was the Grand prize winner of the 2007 & 2012 Topeka
Holiday Lighting Contests. Mindy and Eric Staniec's decorations include
15,000 lights, a large cross, and a train. One of our favorite features
is the row of candy canes made from lights on the fence surrounding the
backyard. This is the 6th year that the Staniec display has been on the
Topeka Christmas Light Tour. The M&M characters are new to the display
in 2014.

I.
4321
SW 19th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66604

Jacobson
Family Christmas DisplayThe Jacobson Family
Christmas Display is spread over a large lot and I like the way that
they merge the christmas decorations with the existing landscape elements,
such as the way the deer are around the rocks on the right.. They have
been doing a large display for several years, but 2012 was the first year
it was included in the tour. The display continues to grow each year. There
are other nice displays along this part of the tour route.

S.
2332 SE Oakwood Drive, Topeka, Kansas 66605

Goodrich
Family Christmas DisplayMust
See!In 2007, the Goodrich
Family Christmas Display was a regional winner in Topeka's Holiday
Lights Contest. Rob and Jennifer Goodrich moved to Topeka from California
less than two years ago, and many of these decorations came with them from
previous displays. I particularly like the lights on the roof as seen from
29th Street. In 2014, they decorated a boat on a trailer and incorporated
in the display at the right.

J.
2844
SW Lincolnshire Court, Topeka, Kansas 66614

Croco
Road Christmas DisplayMany of the elements
of this Croco Road Christmas Display by Byron & Sandy Glotzbach
are impressive and this is a big display. It is a bit handicapped by being
partially hidden by the Croco Road I-70 overpass and by trees along the
road.

T.
2100
Southeast Croco Road, Topeka, Kansas 66605

This route takes you by all of the Topeka Christmas Displays in the
same order that they
are listed above. The entire route is 35 miles and takes nearly an
hour & 40 minutes to drive,
without the time spent at the displays. Or break the tour into North
and South Topeka
Christmas light tours on different nights.